Chapter 2 The Ice Planet

'Well Skye ... what are you getting yourself into this time?' She asked herself as the 'Star Dancer' came out of hyperspace. Orbiting around the icy planet Hoth she checked the monitor for somewhere to land, deciding that the old Echo Base might be just that place. She came in slowly and set the Star Dancer down inside the main cavern. She saw no sign of activity but her intuition told her that 'someone' or 'something' must be out there. She had been trusting her intuition more and more as it had gotten her out of trouble more times than she would like to count. Skye put on her thermal jacket and gloves before heading down the ramp, carefully looking to see if anyone was around, trusty blaster at the ready. She quickly scouted the perimeter finding no trace of anything suspicious. Returning to her ship she headed back to the cockpit to look at the message she'd received once again.

"You are requested to proceed to Hoth. There you will be contacted in due time." End of transmission - short and sweet.

She sat down and looked out the front view screen at the icy terrain and fingered her amethyst pendant. It felt warmer than usual and was somewhat comforting. Looking at the chrono Skye decided to take another look around. Rugged up against the cold again she carefully wandered out and around Echo Base.

She felt drawn to one particular corridor and followed it further down until she heard voices. Carefully following the sounds Skye came out into what looked to be a Temple. She heard an announcement come over a speaker for all padawans to return to the training facility. Curiosity overcame her and she followed the person ahead of her to a training room.

Skye hesitated at the door before stepping in, moving out of the doorway. Inside were several others including Masters and Knights. She fingered her amethyst pendant and nervously looked around the room.

"Ummm, I'm not sure why I'm here exactly ... I was on Telo's completing some business and was given a message to come here. I was told that I shared a 'gift' and that it might be possible to be trained in the ways of the Force?" She waited to see if anyone will notice her.